In northern Norway, the sun doesn't set for 76 days straight.
Earth is tilted 23.5 degrees. In summer, that tilt aims the North Pole toward the sun. Above the Arctic Circle, the sun never dips below the horizon. At North Cape, Norway (~71N), it stays up from mid-May to late July -- 76 days straight. At Svalbard (78N), midnight sun lasts nearly four months.
Then the tilt flips. The same towns slide into months of total darkness.
At the equator, every day is a steady 12 hours. Up here, one day can last four months.
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Earth is tilted 23.5 degrees. In summer, that tilt aims the North Pole toward the sun. Above the Arctic Circle, the sun never dips below the horizon. At North Cape, Norway (~71N), it stays up from mid-May to late July -- 76 days straight. At Svalbard (78N), midnight sun lasts nearly four months.
Then the tilt flips. The same towns slide into months of total darkness.
At the equator, every day is a steady 12 hours. Up here, one day can last four months.
Subscribe for one map fact a day.
#shorts #geography #maps #norway #midnightsun #arcticcircle #svalbard #polarnoon #polarnight #scandinavia #didyouknow #geographyfacts #worldfacts #education #astronomy
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